Steve Young Quotes

The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

The discipline as a dancer carried over into my life.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I don't do too much outside of football during football season, because this is my job and I take it seriously. I don't do too much, don't really go out at all that much, don't eat out or anything, try to stay focused and stay to myself.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love to be creating; I love to be making things and solving problems, I suppose, and when I'm not, then I'm not an incredibly good person to be around. If I'm not busy, then I think I would be disaster. That's just the way things are.

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.